BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY
OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 71-101
VOLUME 1
1 JULY 2019
Special Investigations
CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATIONS PROGRAM
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available for downloading or ordering on the e-
Publishing web site at www.e-Publishing.af.mil
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication
OPR: SAF/IGX
Supersedes: AFI71-101 V1,
8 October 2015
Certified by: SAF/IG
(Lt Gen Sami D. Said)
Pages: 39
This instruction implements Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 71-1, Criminal Investigations and
Counterintelligence; Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 2000.26, Suspicious Activity
Reporting (SAR); DoDI 5505.15, DoD Contractor Disclosure Program; DoDI 5505.16, Criminal
Investigations by Personnel Who Are Not Assigned to a Defense Criminal Investigative
Organization; DoDI 5505.19, Establishment of Special Victim Investigation and Prosecution
(SVIP) Capability within the Military Criminal Investigative Organizations (MCIOs). It applies to
Regular Air Force, Air Force Reserve (AFR) Units, the Air National Guard (ANG) and the Civil
Air Patrol performing an Air Force assigned-mission. This publication requires the collection and
or maintenance of information protected by the Privacy Act (PA) of 1974. The authority to collect
and or maintain the records prescribed in this publication is Title 5 United States (US) Code
Section 552a, Records maintained on individuals. The applicable System of Records Notices
(SORN) F071 AF OSI D, Investigative Information Management System (I2MS), F071 AF OSI E,
Air Force Badge and Credentials, and F071 AF OSI F, Investigative Applicant Processing
Records, are available at http://dpclo.defense.gov/Privacy/SORNs.aspx. Ensure all records
created as a result of processes prescribed in this publication are maintained in accordance with
Air Force Manual 33-363, Management of Records, and disposed of in accordance with the Air
Force Records Disposition Schedule located in the Air Force Records Information Management
System. This publication may be supplemented at any level, but all direct supplements must be
routed to SAF/IGX for coordination prior to certification and approval. Refer recommended
changes and questions about this publication to the OPR using the AF Form 847, Recommendation
for Change of Publication; route AF Forms 847 from the field through Major Command
